They are experiments that would never be allowed to take place today due to health and safety restrictions, but back in the 1960s children were actively encouraged to dip their hands in boiling water, ...

Created more than 400 years ago, the telescope is a tool that has allowed both amateurs and scientists alike to explore the sky in much more detail than they ever could with their naked eyes. All ...

Burning things with a magnifying glass is one of the first scientific experiments many of us can remember trying when we were younger. Focusing the sun's rays on a piece of paper (or, if you were a ...

Patrick Altoft reports seeing full page previews with a magnifying glass in the Google search results, as to others. It’s not their imaginations. Google has confirmed with us this is an experiment ...

Reading tiny print can sometimes feel like trying to decipher a secret code. The letters seem like they're deliberately playing hide and seek, causing you to squint and strain your eyes just to make ...

A solid gold bar worth nearly $1,000,000 was brought out for one experiment. A giant magnifying glass was used to focus ...